The Masters - Augusta, Georgia. Normally the Masters favours long hitters and not accurate drivers however that was not the case last year. With the course playing tough it was the accurate drivers who played much better than expected. This year there may little to choose between these two categories. The crucial factor now, given that the course is so difficult to play, is the course form which must be at least twice as important as a regular tour event. As a consequence the Twenty debutants will be at quite a disadvantage .To date Fuzzy Zoeller is the only debutant to win the Masters. Good value match bet with SportingBet Evens Kelly v JB Holmes 7 units Jerry Kelly had a good 2007 with ten top 25s making twenty one of 28 cuts. His recent form is reasonable with a 2nd place in his last tournament 0,33,20,30,0,2,-,- . He has played four times out of the last five years at Augusta with an excellent 5th place last year. JB Holmes is over-rated by virtue of winning the FBR Open at the beginning of February. He had only five top 25s in 2007 and missed twelve cuts from 24 starts. He has not played well in his last three tournaments 7,33,-,0,59,40,-,-, and more importantly he has not played at Augusta before. Value match bet with Corals 10/11 Langer v Kaymer 5 units Bernhard Langer has had something of a revival in recent months playing on the Champions Tour. He has won three tournaments since joining that tour in August of last year when turning 50. The standard is not as high on the Champions Tour of course but these wins will still help his confidence a lot. Langer has won the Masters twice in ‘85 and’ 93 and although he has missed the cut the last two years his form before that was good 0,4,20,0,0 . Martin Kaymer has played very well on the European Tour but has yet to replicate that form in the States with only a missed cut and 57th to his name. The main reason to back against him is that he is new to Augusta. Value mach bet with BlueSquare 10/11 Singh v Ogilvy 5 units Vijay Singh has come into form nicely leading up to the Masters with two high finishes 36,5,17,-,3,2,-,-. He won the Masters in 2000 and his form since then at Augusta has been excellent 6,6,5,8,13 . Geoff Ogilvy won a tournament three weeks ago and although he has played well at the Masters he has only played twice. Value mach bet with Boylesports 10/11 Verplank v Weekley 5 units Scott Verplank had a good 2007 making nineteen of 23 cuts with ten top 10s. His recent form is not fantastic but his course form is very good 8,29,20,16,30 . Boo Weekley made twenty of 29 cuts in 2007 with only five top 10s and has not played at Augusta before. Adding:
Value match bet
with Pinnacle tie no bet
-123 T.Clark
v Immelman 5 units
Tim Clark has
recovered from his neck injury which caused him
problems during 2007. He had an operation and the
end of last season to correct a trapped nerve and
is now completely free of pain. Despite the injury
he had twelve top 25s in 2007 and has a good
record in the Masters 13,0,39,2,13. His fellow
countryman (South Africa) has not fared as well
and has had a poor season so far
0,0,17,0,65,48,40,-,0 . He has played the Masters
the last four years but apart from a 5th place in
2005 his record is poor . -,0,5,0,55 .
Adding:
Value group
with Boylesports
Verplank
15/4 2 units
Allenby
Fasth
JB Holmes
Weekley
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